"story ever written plus every story dreamed of but never written. Among the latter is ""The Man Who Was October"" by G. K. Chesterton, which is supposedly a sequel to his ""Thursday"". Also, the metaphysical being known as ""Fiddler's Green"" manifests in a physical form resembling Chesterton. In Kim Newman's """", the Council of Days, led by Sunday, exists and is plotting to overthrow Dracula during the tenth anniversary of his rule over Britain. The Council includes Gabriel Syme, Peter the Painter (Friday), and Newman's recurring character Kate Reed. The Man Who Was Thursday The Man Who Was Thursday: A"
"Man Who Was Thursday"" (1908) is a metaphysical thriller ostensibly based on the infiltration of an anarchist organisation by detectives; but the story is actually a vehicle for exploring society's power structures and the nature of suffering. The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, served as a spyhunter for Britain in the stories ""The Adventure of the Second Stain"" (1904), and ""The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"" (1912). In ""His Last Bow"" (1917), he served Crown and country as a double agent, transmitting false intelligence to Imperial Germany on the eve of the Great War. ""The Scarlet"
"The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"" magazine beginning on 29 November 1862, then as a single-volume novel in 1865 by Saunders,"
"2012 on the 150th anniversary of the novel's release. An ebook version is also available. The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"""
"Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published ""A Study in Scarlet"", the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic"
"in 1841, the history of the modern fantasy genre is generally said to begin with George MacDonald, the influential author of ""The Princess and the Goblin"" and ""Phantastes"" (1858). William Morris was a popular English poet who also wrote several fantasy novels during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ""The Moonstone"" (1868), is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language, while ""The Woman in White"" is regarded as one of the finest sensation novels. H. G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like ""The Time Machine"""
"are believed to exist today"" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Freeman Wills Crofts Freeman Wills Crofts FRSA (1 June 1879 – 11 April 1957) was an Anglo-Irish mystery author, best remembered for the character of Inspector Joseph French. A railway engineer by training, Crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning. Although outshone by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler and other more celebrated authors from the golden age of detective fiction, he was highly esteemed by those authors, and many of his books are still in print. Crofts was born at 26 Waterloo"
"mystery. John Dickson Carr was also an admirer of Stewart's and Carr's first novel in 1930 mentioned two of Stewart's earlier novels with admiration. Alfred Walter Stewart Alfred Walter Stewart (5 September 1880 – 1 July 1947) was a British chemist and part-time novelist who wrote seventeen detective novels and a pioneering science fiction work between 1923 and 1947 under the pseudonym of JJ Connington. He created several fictional detectives, including Superintendent Ross and Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. Born in Glasgow in 1880, Stewart was the youngest of three sons of the Reverend Dr. Stewart, Clerk to the University"
"H. C. Bailey Henry Christopher Bailey (1878–1961) was an English author of detective fiction. Bailey wrote mainly short stories featuring a medically qualified detective called Reggie Fortune. Fortune's mannerisms and speech put him into the same class as Lord Peter Wimsey but the stories are much darker, and often involve murderous obsession, police corruption, financial skulduggery, child abuse and miscarriages of justice. Although Mr Fortune is seen at his best in short stories, he also appears in several novels. A second series character, Joshua Clunk, is a sanctimonious lawyer who exposes corruption and blackmail in local politics, and who manages"
"Charles Warren Adams Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903) was an English lawyer, publisher and anti-vivisectionist, now known from documentary evidence to have been the author of ""The Notting Hill Mystery"". This is usually taken to be the first full-length detective novel in English. As a lawyer Adams became involved in bailing out the once famous London publishing firm of Saunders, Otley & Co. after the two proprietors had died. The effort was unsuccessful and liquidation ensued in 1869, but in the meantime the firm had published at least two works of Adams's own, written under the pseudonym Charles Felix. One was"
"George MacDonald, the influential author of ""The Princess and the Goblin"" and ""Phantastes"" (1858). Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ""The Moonstone"" (1868), is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was an important Scottish writer at the end of the nineteenth century, author of ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), and the historical novel ""Kidnapped"" (1886). H.G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like ""The Time Machine"" (1895), and ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) which describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians,"
"to profit from the crimes. He appears in eleven novels published between 1930 and 1950, including ""The Sullen Sky Mystery"" (1935), widely regarded as Bailey's magnum opus. Bailey's works were published in a number of magazines, primarily The Windsor Magazine but also ""Adventure"" and ""Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. See Radio plays and talks also H. C. Bailey Henry Christopher Bailey (1878–1961) was an English author of detective fiction. Bailey wrote mainly short stories featuring a medically qualified detective called Reggie Fortune. Fortune's mannerisms and speech put him into the same class as Lord Peter Wimsey but the stories are much"
"urban Gothic novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), and played a major part in developing the historical adventure in books like ""Kidnapped"" and ""Treasure Island"". Arthur Conan Doyle's ""Sherlock Holmes"" stories helped found the tradition of detective fiction. The ""kailyard tradition"" at the end of the century, brought elements of fantasy and folklore back into fashion as can be seen in the work of figures like J. M. Barrie, most famous for his creation of Peter Pan, and George MacDonald, whose works, including ""Phantasies"", played a major part in the creation of the fantasy genre. Scotland"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"thereafter referred it to Solar Pons. Carnacki Thomas Carnacki is a fictional occult detective created by English fantasy writer William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki was the protagonist of a series of six short stories published between 1910 and 1912 in ""The Idler"" magazine and ""The New Magazine"". These stories were printed together as ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" in 1913. A 1948 Arkham House edition of ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" edited by August Derleth added three stories: ""The Haunted ""Jarvee"""", published posthumously in ""The Premier Magazine"" in 1929; ""The Hog"", published in ""Weird Tales"" in 1947; and ""The Find"", a previously unpublished story. The"
"of Crime Fiction"", crime fiction from the past 100 years has generally contained 8 key rules to be a detective novel: Sherlock Holmes is British detective fiction written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first appearance of Sherlock Holmes is at “A study in Scarlet”. At first, Sherlock Holmes did not result massive success, however starting from 1891, after published Sherlock Holmes at “Strand Magazine”, it became unquestionably popular. After Sherlock Holmes, many detective stories followed Conan Doyle’s structure and also include characters which have Sherlock Holmes characteristics. Sherlock Holmes as a series is perhaps the most popular form of"
"several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and several plays. He was a literary and social critic, historian, playwright, novelist, Catholic theologian and apologist, debater, and mystery writer. He was a columnist for the ""Daily News"", ""The Illustrated London News"", and his own paper, ""G. K.'s Weekly""; he also wrote articles for the ""Encyclopædia Britannica"", including the entry on Charles Dickens and part of the entry on Humour in the 14th edition (1929). His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, who appeared only in short stories, while ""The Man Who Was Thursday"" is arguably his best-known novel."
"the nineteenth century. Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ""The Moonstone"" (1868), is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language, while ""The Woman in White"" is regarded as one of the finest sensation novels. H. G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like ""The Time Machine"" (1895), and ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) which describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians, and Wells is seen, along with Frenchman Jules Verne (1828–1905), as a major figure in the development of the science fiction genre. He also wrote realistic fiction about the"
"an edition of ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" in 1865. Collins bases his theory on a number of lines of evidence, including an explicit reference to Felix's identity as Adams in a 14 May 1864 ""Literary Gossip"" column of ""The Manchester Times"", which reads ""It is understood that 'Velvet Lawn', by Charles Felix, the new novel announced by Messrs. Saunders, Otley & Co., is by Mr. Charles Warren Adams, now the sole representative of that firm."" A number of critics – including Julian Symons, a crime writer and poet – believe it to be the first modern detective novel, even though"
"Robert Holdstock Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction. Holdstock broke into print in 1968. His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophical, psychological, anthropological, spiritual and woodland themes. He received three BSFA awards and won the World Fantasy Award in the category of Best Novel of 1985. Robert Holdstock, the eldest of five children, was born in Hythe, Kent. His father, Robert Frank Holdstock, was a police officer and"
"the Detective. In short, it is difficult to establish who was the first to write the English-language detective novel, as various authors were exploring the theme simultaneously. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, arguably the most famous of all fictional detectives. Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fiction detective (he was influenced by Poe's Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq), his name has become a byword for the part. Conan Doyle stated that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell"
"Alfred Walter Stewart Alfred Walter Stewart (5 September 1880 – 1 July 1947) was a British chemist and part-time novelist who wrote seventeen detective novels and a pioneering science fiction work between 1923 and 1947 under the pseudonym of JJ Connington. He created several fictional detectives, including Superintendent Ross and Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. Born in Glasgow in 1880, Stewart was the youngest of three sons of the Reverend Dr. Stewart, Clerk to the University Senate and Professor of Divinity. After attending Glasgow High School he entered Glasgow University, graduating 1902, taking chemistry as his major. His outstanding performance"
"P. M. Hubbard Philip Maitland Hubbard (9 November 1910 – 17 March 1980) was a British writer. He was known principally for his crime and suspense novels and stories, although he wrote in other genres as well. For example, contributing short stories and poetry to ""The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"" and articles, verse, and parliamentary reports for Punch. Hubbard was born in Reading in Berkshire, the second son of Wilton Hubbard, a stockbroker, and his wife Millicent, who had been born in Bombay. His grandfather, Henry Dickenson Hubbard (1824–1913), was a clergyman of the Church of England who"
"James Redding Ware James Redding Ware (1832-c 1909, pseudonym Andrew Forrester) was a British writer, novelist and playwright, creator of one of the first female detectives in fiction. James Redding Ware was born in Southwark, south London, in 1832, the son of James Ware, a grocer, and Elizabeth, nee Redding. By 1851, his father had died, and his mother, according to the census, was a grocer and tea-dealer, and James Redding Ware was her assistant. By 1861, the household is no longer in place, and J. R. Ware is not readily identifiable in the census. But in 1865, James Redding"
"back into fashion. In 1908, Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) wrote the children's classic ""The Wind in the Willows"". An informal literary discussion group associated with the English faculty at the University of Oxford, were the ""Inklings"". Its leading members were the major fantasy novelists; C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Lewis is especially known for ""The Chronicles of Narnia"", while Tolkien is best known as the author of ""The Hobbit"" and ""The Lord of the Rings"". Another significant writer is Alan Garner author of ""Elidor"" (1965), while Terry Pratchett is a more recent fantasy writer. Roald Dahl rose to prominence with his"
"Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction."
"English country house. This archetype of British detective contrasts with the more ""hardboiled"" counterpart in American crime fiction. Gentlemen detectives appeared early in modern detective fiction, which began in the late 19th century. C. Auguste Dupin, created by Edgar Allan Poe, is widely considered to be the first fictional detective in English literature. He appeared in three short stories written in the 1840s: ""The Murders in the Rue Morgue"" (1841), ""The Mystery of Marie Rogêt"" (1842) and ""The Purloined Letter"" (1844). Poe created Dupin before the word ""detective"" had been coined, but began many common elements of detective fiction: Dupin"
"distinguished practitioner"", writing with an ""assurance and individuality of style and tone."" He died on 17 March 1980. P. M. Hubbard Philip Maitland Hubbard (9 November 1910 – 17 March 1980) was a British writer. He was known principally for his crime and suspense novels and stories, although he wrote in other genres as well. For example, contributing short stories and poetry to ""The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"" and articles, verse, and parliamentary reports for Punch. Hubbard was born in Reading in Berkshire, the second son of Wilton Hubbard, a stockbroker, and his wife Millicent, who had been"
"Carnacki Thomas Carnacki is a fictional occult detective created by English fantasy writer William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki was the protagonist of a series of six short stories published between 1910 and 1912 in ""The Idler"" magazine and ""The New Magazine"". These stories were printed together as ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" in 1913. A 1948 Arkham House edition of ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" edited by August Derleth added three stories: ""The Haunted ""Jarvee"""", published posthumously in ""The Premier Magazine"" in 1929; ""The Hog"", published in ""Weird Tales"" in 1947; and ""The Find"", a previously unpublished story. The stories are inspired by the tradition"
"Peter Cheyney Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951), known as Peter Cheyney, was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution, which, starting in 1953, were adapted into a series of French movies, all starring Eddie Constantine (however, the best known of these – the 1965 science fiction film ""Alphaville"" – was not directly based on a Cheyney novel). Although out of print for many years, Cheyney's novels have never been difficult to find second-hand. Several"
"considered a lost film. Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery is a 1908 American silent film directed by an unknown director. The film was released on 27 November 1908 and is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story ""The Murders in the Rue Morgue"" (1841), which is considered the first detective story, though the plot was altered to include Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes instead of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. Dr. Watson makes his film debut here, though the actors playing Holmes and Watson are unknown, as the rest of"
"Other works Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of"